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KMID : 0928020120160010073
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Nursing and Innovation
2012 Volume.16 No. 1 p.73 ~ p.80
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Perception and Preference toward Death with Dignity, Hospice care, and Advanced Directives
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Chung Young-Soon
Lee Kyoung-Hee
Kwon So-Hi
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to explore the perception and preference toward death with dignity, hospice palliative care, and advanced directives of the public. Methods: In July 2010, 121 citizen who visited a hospice promotional booth in the firework festival, was participated the survey. And 103 questionnaires were analysed for the study results. Results: Less than 60% of participants understood the purpose of hospice palliative care correctly but 76% of them said that they intended to choose hospice palliative care for themselves. The most preferable place of death was home (41.2%), and the most important conditions for the dying with dignity were ’to be without burdening others’ (19.3%), and ’being with family and/or loved ones’ (18.8%). Most of them agreed the necessity of advanced directives. Conclusion: This study shows that there is possibility of consensus on hospice palliative care and advanced directives, and public in Korean culture values being with family without burdening their family for dying with dignity.
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KEYWORD
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Death, Dignity, Advanced directives, Preference, Hospice
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